A TWO-point night: Caps 2 -- Rangers 1
The Peerless Prognosticator —
“Best ever.” With the 2-1 win over the New York Rangers tonight, the Caps now have – with their 26-11-3 record – their best 40-game start in franchise history. It was a hard earned win, to be sure. Let’s get to it… We’re giving Alexander Semin a new nickname – “Bongo.” If you saw his “fight” against Marc Staal in the ...
Fight Video: Alexander Semin plays the bongos on Rangers' Staal
Puck Daddy —
Between Sidney Crosby's off-the-faceoff pummeling and this Alexander Semin fight with Marc Staal in the Capitals' 2-1 win over the New York Rangers, this is shaping up to be the most awkwardly surreal day of hockey pugilism in recent memory: The local coverage of the fight in D.C. is here, and announcer Joe Benenati is correct: It literally looks like the Washington Capitals winger is attempting to play the bongos on Staal's chest at the end of the fight. Have you ever seen anything like this from an NHL player? Semin looked like one of the gorillas from ...
Alexander Semin Fights Scut Farkus
MVN RSS —
Loose Pucks - Crosby Ignores “The Code”
Canes Country —
Loose Pucks - Crosby Ignores “The Code” As we take a quick look around the hockey world, there were a couple of interesting hockey “fights” this weekend. First of all, Sid Crosby picked up an instigator penalty as well as an unsportsmanlike conduct and a 10 minute major misconduct for mixing it up with Brett McLean during the Pens loss to the Panthers on Saturday. As the two players lined up for a faceoff, Crosby showed all the class of his potential mentor, Sean Avery as he jumped McLean, who never had a chance. Crosby claimed that he asked McLean to go before the rumble, but it sure didn’t look like the Florida center was expecting to be ...
Ice Chips: Religious Experience Edition
RotoRob —
Sorry…those of you expecting Mats Sundin to be the instant saviour of the Canucks may need to wait awhile to see him flex his muscles and become an explosive force.
Stop the presses — this just in. The messiah has returned, the end of the world is upon us, floods and destruction and arks with two animals, and all that ...
Bad Hockey Plays
Gunaxin » Sports —
44803_penguins_panthers_hockey It’s finally that time again. NHL STARTS! So let’s get the season started by reflecting on some of the most awful moments from recent years. We’ll purposely ignore some of the ugliest moments involving Todd Bertuzzi, Chris Simon, and Marty Mcsorely. Hockey Blooper Reel: Missing empty net: Missing empty net #2 : Tie Domi fights fan and here are a few from last season… Scoring on own empty net Alexander Semin’s fight John Tortorella Attacks Cap Fan With Water Bottle & Stick Crosby attacks Mclean Crosby Cheap Shot…and Crosby again, whining about Hats ...
